History, Bible, Geography for Visual and Kinesthetic Learners?

For visual learning, I like to write key places and people on the dry erase board.  We also try to find locations on a map.  Sometimes we go to Google images and look up locations or topics that we’ve read about during the lesson.  We do this pretty often for geography, history, and science.  You may want to pre-screen pictures ahead, as Google can come up with some images that aren’t exactly kid-friendly!

For kinesthetic learning, we’ve added in some mapwork (& Geopuzzles), coloring pages, and an occasional hands-on project.  I allow them to draw or color as they are listening.  I’ve heard of children using thinking putty during readings for something to do with their hands.

Another thing you can do is break up the readings with other subjects like art or copywork.  Follow a reading-heavy subject with something a bit more active or take a few minutes and do some exercises like push-ups or running in place.  Sometimes we have a snack break (and I often read as they eat their snack).